Mark had wandered away from the rest of the group claiming he wanted to look for shelter, but in fact he was just looking for something to eat. He trudged through the jungle, making sure he didn’t lose the way back to where he had last seen the others, while also looking for any kind of fruits or vegetables they could eat. He wasn’t exactly out of shape, but the bit of extra weight he was packing around the belly meant that running around through the jungle quickly took its toll on him. He was panting and sweating as he wandered aimlessly through the dark jungle in search of food.
After a bit of exploring, Mark picked up a sweet smell in the air, fruity and flowery like the tropical cocktails him and his friends had been sipping by the beach at their resort a few days earlier, before they left on that boat that shipwrecked them on this island. “Perfect! It’s gotta be something to eat!” Mark said to himself as he ran off toward the sweet scent, going deeper and deeper into the jungle. Soon, he came to a clearing, and could not believe what he found.
A massive temple, seeming carved from nothing but black stone and decorated with statues, which Mark was amazed to see were still in perfect condition. The huge statues depicted various animal-headed figures, reminding him of various figures out of Egyptian mythology but rippling with muscles. Mark stood in amazement at his incredible discovery, but then he remembered the fruity smell he had followed here, which seemed to be coming from deeper within the temple.
“This is perfect! I found shelter and food!” Mark thought to himself happily. “The guys are gonna owe me for this big time!”
He let his curiosity get the better of him and headed deeper into the temple, which was gently lit by glowing stones set into its walls, giving the whole place an otherworldly feel. The deeper he went, the more Mark felt like perhaps he should head back, but the rumbling in his stomach and the delicious smell filling the air drove him forward.
Soon, the temple opened up into an enormous central chamber with a huge tree growing in its center. Hanging from the tree were plump, juicy-looking fruits which Mark had never seen before, but he knew they must be the source of the scent that had drawn him there. His reason clouded by hunger, Mark ran ahead and plucked one of the huge fruits from the tree and took a big bite, moaning as the juicy pulp flowed down his throat and sated his hunger. He devoured the entire fruit in moments, then sat down on the ground to take a break after walking for so long.
As he did, however, he felt a strange sensation pass over him. He grew dizzy and his mind clouded over, the strength leaving him as he passed out on the cold stone floor of the temple chamber. Perhaps most embarrassingly, he felt his cock grow intensely erect, harder than it had ever been in his life and almost threatening to rip its way out of his pants. He felt his underwear growing slick with precum but was unable to lift a hand to relieve himself.
And then he heard the voice, deep and commanding, filling the air around him as he lay defenselessly.
“Enter my temple and receive your duty. Become one who shall revive my civilization and bring life once more to these islands,” the voice commanded, speaking directly to Mark’s delirious mind. “Four companions, four exemplars of my people’s virtues.”
In the air above him, Mark saw the faint glow of the temple’s light warping into different shapes, taking the form of strong and beautiful people, a perfect mix of animal and human. Their bodies stood tall, handsome, and very clearly male, coated with soft fur and each with the head of a different animal.
A wise and commanding tiger man with intelligence glowing behind his eyes.
A hulking and immovable bear man wielding a spear and shield.
A lean wolf man, his posture low to the ground as he prowled through the shadows.
And a lithe and inhumanly handsome jaguar man, looking alluringly into Mark’s eyes.
“The four exemplars. The Sage, the Guardian, the Hunter, and the Lover. You shall take their form as your own and help to lead these islands to a new golden age,” the voice in the air spoke to Mark once again. “You must make your choice. Spill your seed at their altar, drain your humanity away and embrace your new duty as one of this island’s Exemplars.”
In a moment, the force holding Mark down let go and he sat up with a start. His head was still dizzy and his cock still rock hard, but he managed to stumble to his feet and look around. Positioned around the central chamber were four statues, each fashioned in the form of one of the four animal people he had seen in his vision and each with a small altar in front of them.
“Spill my seed at their altar…?” Mark mumbled to himself, unconsciously beginning to rub his hard cock through his pants, looking around at the tiger, bear, wolf, and jaguar statues around him and wondering if what he had just experienced could possibly have been real or just some kind of drug-induced hallucination…